Paid holidays: Number of days provided Data Table

Table 33. Paid holidays: Number of days provided, private industry workers, National Compensation Survey, March
2010

(All workers with paid holidays = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Paid holidays

Mean
number of
days

Median
number of
days

Less
than 6
days

6
days

7
days

8
days

9
days

10
days

11
days

12
days

13
days

14
days

Greater
than 14
days

All workers

10

24

13

14

9

15

7

4

2

1

2

8

8

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

3

14

13

15

11

21

10

7

2

1

3

9

9

Management, business, and financial

2

11

10

15

12

26

10

7

3

2

3

9

10

Professional and related

3

15

15

15

11

18

10

7

2

1

3

9

9

Service

28

25

13

12

7

6

4

2

1

[1]

1

6

6

Protective service

8

34

–

–

–

6

5

3

–

[1]

1

7

7

Sales and office

10

31

12

13

9

15

5

2

1

[1]

1

8

7

Sales and related

17

46

11

10

6

6

2

1

[1]

[1]

[1]

6

6

Office and administrative support

6

23

13

15

10

20

7

3

2

1

1

8

8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

11

29

18

12

8

10

5

3

2

[1]

1

8

7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
forestry

16

32

17

12

9

7

3

1

1

[1]

1

7

7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

8

27

18

12

8

13

7

4

2

[1]

1

8

7

Production, transportation, and material moving

9

22

12

14

10

14

8

4

2

1

3

8

8

Production

7

16

12

13

11

17

10

6

3

1

4

9

9

Transportation and material moving

10

30

13

16

10

10

6

2

1

1

2

8

7

Full time

8

22

14

14

10

16

8

4

2

1

2

8

8

Part time

31

32

9

9

5

7

3

1

1

[1]

1

6

6

Union

2

15

10

16

12

16

12

8

3

2

6

9

9

Nonunion

12

25

14

13

9

14

6

4

1

1

1

8

7

Average wage within the following categories:2

Lowest 25 percent

28

34

14

10

5

5

2

1

[1]

[1]

1

6

6

Lowest 10 percent

49

26

10

6

4

3

1

–

–

–

–

5

6

Second 25 percent

11

30

14

14

9

13

6

2

1

[1]

1

7

7

Third 25 percent

5

20

13

15

11

17

9

5

2

1

1

8

8

Highest 25 percent

3

13

12

15

12

21

10

7

3

1

4

9

9

Highest 10 percent

1

11

11

14

13

22

11

9

3

1

3

9

9

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

6

16

11

12

13

17

10

7

3

1

3

9

9

Construction

17

36

19

12

8

4

2

–

–

–

–

7

6

Manufacturing

4

11

9

12

13

20

13

9

3

2

4

9

10

Service-providing industries

11

26

14

14

9

14

6

3

1

1

1

8

7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

13

39

12

12

7

8

4

2

1

[1]

1

7

6

Wholesale trade

4

21

18

17

11

13

6

4

–

–

3

8

8

Retail trade

21

55

11

7

4

2

1

[1]

–

–

–

6

6

Transportation and warehousing

5

23

9

21

10

18

10

2

–

–

–

8

8

Utilities

–

–

–

9

18

16

16

9

15

–

–

10

10

Information

1

14

29

17

9

16

9

5

–

–

–

8

8

Financial activities

1

10

8

18

13

36

9

3

1

[1]

1

9

9

Finance and insurance

1

7

6

18

13

42

8

2

1

[1]

[1]

9

10

Credit intermediation and related activities

1

6

4

14

7

57

6

2

1

–

–

9

10

Insurance carriers and related activities

1

9

12

27

17

21

9

2

1

–

–

9

9

Real estate and rental and leasing

4

23

14

16

14

10

14

3

–

–

–

8

8

Professional and business services

6

21

14

16

10

17

7

5

1

1

2

8

8

Professional and technical services

2

12

14

20

14

22

9

6

–

–

–

9

9

Administrative and waste services

14

37

15

12

5

8

5

3

–

–

–

7

6

Education and health services

6

26

16

13

8

13

7

3

2

1

3

8

8

Educational services

2

2

4

8

6

15

16

12

11

8

17

12

11

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

2

1

2

7

6

10

18

13

14

10

18

12

12

Health care and social assistance

7

30

18

13

9

12

6

2

1

–

–

8

7

Leisure and hospitality

52

12

14

12

3

3

3

–

–

–

–

5

5

Accommodation and food services

59

10

13

11

4

2

–

–

–

–

–

5

5

Other services

10

23

14

14

7

10

4

7

4

2

4

8

8

1 to 99 workers

14

26

15

13

9

13

4

2

1

[1]

1

7

7

1 to 49 workers

14

27

15

14

8

13

4

2

1

[1]

1

7

7

50 to 99 workers

14

25

15

11

12

12

5

4

1

[1]

1

7

7

100 workers or more

7

21

11

14

9

16

10

6

2

1

3

8

8

100 to 499 workers

8

26

13

13

10

14

9

4

2

1

1

8

8

500 workers or more

5

14

9

15

9

19

11

9

3

2

5

9

9

Geographic areas

New England

5

16

9

10

11

25

13

8

1

1

3

9

10

Middle Atlantic

10

19

12

12

11

15

9

7

2

1

3

8

8

East North Central

7

24

16

13

10

14

6

3

2

1

4

8

8

West North Central

7

29

19

15

8

8

8

2

3

–

–

8

7

South Atlantic

13

28

13

11

8

15

5

4

1

1

1

7

7

East South Central

–

22

11

16

8

10

5

2

1

–

–

7

7

West South Central

14

26

12

13

10

14

7

3

1

[1]

1

8

7

Mountain

11

26

12

18

10

10

7

3

2

–

–

8

8

Pacific

8

20

13

17

9

17

7

5

1

1

1

8

8

Footnotes:

1Less than 0.5 percent.

2The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with earnings both above and below the threshold. The average wages
are based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009." See Technical Note for more details.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of major
plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20092010.htm.